I would love to hear how different buy-and-hold investors have charted a path between these two extremes.  

You have to remember it's just setting up the correct chart of accounts.

I ask because I keep a comparison chart of real estate crowdfunding investments, and I’m constantly on the lookout for new and innovative platforms that I haven’t investigated yet.

When I get to them, the home owner might think of me as his "fair-haired boy" and want to talk to me.

As I chart this journey, I've been reminded about how important a team with local knowledge, strong property management, and meticulous tenant screening.

The spreadsheets look impressive lots of numbers many of them big, all neatly and orderly entered into this really nice looking chart.

When I requested there charting for cap-x schedule every-one and I do mean EVERYone responded "my what?".

The chart below shows the additional cost for a base rate for situations including investment property.

I'd look at markets where you can not only build but you can build with enough equity to BRRRR out of the property and preserve cash. new construction is just one strategy. in columbus there are about 12 submarkets that you can do this in. we define them by their school districts. some you can build and get 40%+ equity like hocking county which is a vacation rental market for airbnb. some 500 square foot cabins are going for $350k there it is absolutely insane. chart below shows it all. this is for columbus ohio submarket analysis. 

There're other city within Bay Area that will become the next east palo alto when we see the price chart, the key here is declining cap rate.